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Studies Foresee Surge in BYOD Security Investment, Education in 2013

2013-01-24

Two studies confirm the BYOD craze will enter a new phase in 2013, as attention and investment shifts from building apps and fancy UIs to addressing security and compliance issues. The studies of CIOs and security officers were conducted by Frost & Sullivan and IDC.

Rocket Software’s latest upgrade to its LegaSuite application modernization suite takes a big step to mobile-enabling many enterprise applications, data sources and business logic. LegaSuite 7.1 sports a range of updates for existing products, it also includes the debut of LegaSuite Mobile to speed mobile apps built to leverage enterprise apps and data.

DocuSign has released an update to its eSignature transaction management platform. The eSignature Fall ’12 Release sports new enterprise functionality and upgrades to its DocuSign Ink mobile app for tablets and smartphones. Notably, the latest release also adds SAML 2.0 support.

AirWatch Supports Mobile Device Management for UK’s National Health Service

2013-01-09

Mobile device management solution provider AirWatch is supporting MDM for more than 100 divisions of the U.K’s National Health Service. IDN takes a look at how AirWatch’s technologies for enterprise mobility management and BYOD are improving health care across the pond.

BI vendor arcplan is updating a pair of design concepts that aim to make it easier for IT to take a ‘write once – deploy on any device’ approach to business intelligence apps. IDN speaks with arcplan’s senior vice president Dwight deVera about the company’s Responsive Design and Metro Design two-pronged approach.

Open cloud company Rackspace Hosting is partnering with open source Hadoop platform provider Hortonworks on an enterprise-ready Hadoop platform that’s also easy to use in the private and public cloud. The two firms want to remove complexity and manual processes currently needed.

Cloud, Hosted Desktop Virtualization Set for Big Time Adoption in 2013

2012-12-17

As SaaS (software as a service) successes continue to show how easy it is to deploy and deliver apps from the cloud, CIOs are looking to desktop virtualization projects. In this article, an exec from dinCloud describes what’s driving interest in hosted, cloud-based desktops and how they work. These solutions can provide users access to even complex workloads at low cost, with low maintenance and even encourage collaboration across multiple departments.

WatchDox, a provider of document-centric security, access control and secure collaboration, is adding features to its iOS application for Apple iPhone and iPads. The new app adds document access and sharing options, annotation tools and a sports a new interface. IDN speaks with WatchDox chief product officer Ryan Kalember.

The Cloud Security Alliance has issued its first Security Guidance document for mobile IT. The document presents a current state of mobile IT, along with insights on what CSA members see as top “Evil 8” threats to mobile computing.

Electric Cloud is working with Wind River to improve the speed and quality of mobile apps with an integrated lifecycle management suite for Andoid phones and tablets. The technology integration was demoed last month, and aims to help manufacturers and appdevs cope with more frequent Android OS releases. IDN speaks with execs from both firms.

IDC: Mobile Enterprise Management Software on a Tear; Set to Triple by 2016

2012-11-08

Worldwide spending on mobile enterprise management (MEM) software is on a tear, according to a new study by International Data Corporation (IDC). MEM spending will near $2 billion annually by 2016, and that is capturing the attention of mobile software and mobile operators, IDC found.

Software AG CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich this month showcased major upgrades to its webMethods SOA integration platform and ARIS BPM suite driven by what Gartner has called the “four forces of change” – big data, cloud, mobile and social. IDN begins a two-part look at the vision and the technologies behind one of the largest technology refreshes in Software AG’s history.

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This session reviews several mainframe modernization scenarios, from transaction, integration,Web 2.0 portals and even mainframe in the cloud. Automated technologies, Best Practices and simple deployment profiles are featured.